Yifeng Cheng Latest articles by Yifeng Cheng Can a Virus Fight Alcoholism? By Yifeng Cheng, Jun Wang published 25 October 16 Heavy drinking causes brain changes that make you want to drink more. But using a virus to deliver a gene into specific neurons in the brain may be a way to mitigate those changes. Alcohol Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES11,000-year-old Viking Age hoard has a pendant that may be a cross or Thor's hammer2Missing link star? Why this 'teenage vampire' white dwarf has scientists so excited3How much gold is there in the world?4How long would it take for humans to go extinct if we stopped having babies?5Tectonic plates can spread subduction like a contagion — jumping from one oceanic plate to another
Can a Virus Fight Alcoholism? By Yifeng Cheng, Jun Wang published 25 October 16 Heavy drinking causes brain changes that make you want to drink more. But using a virus to deliver a gene into specific neurons in the brain may be a way to mitigate those changes.